川普週一公佈1.5萬億美元整修基礎設施計劃

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday is set to unveil his long-awaited plan to tackle the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

The plan aims to turn $200 billion in federal funds into a $1.5 trillion investment for fixing America's roads, bridges, railways and other infrastructure.

The proposal relies heavily on state and local governments and the private sector to cover the costs for most of the projects.

The $200 billion federal funds would come from cuts to existing programs. Of that, half would be spent on an incentive program to match funds from state and local governments.

About $50 billion would go toward rural projects in the form of block grants to states. Another $20 billion would be allocated to "transformative programs" meant for new and innovative projects.

An additional $20 billion would go toward expanding loan programs and private activity bonds, and the final $10 billion would go into a "capital financing fund."

The plan also seeks to shorten the time and expense of getting federal permits to no more than two years. Currently, the process can take five to 10 years.

On Monday, Trump will meet with key members of Congress, including heads of relevant committees, to discuss the plan.美國總統川普預計星期一公佈人們期待已久的重整美國失修的基礎設施的計劃。

這項計劃的目標是以聯邦政府2000億美元的預算引來1.5萬億美元投資，更新美國的公路、橋樑、鐵路和其它基礎設施。

這項建議在很大程度上依賴各州和地方政府以及私營領域拿出更新基礎設施所需的大部分資金。

聯邦政府的2000億美元將來自削減聯邦項目所節省出來的資金。這筆資金中的一半將以配比資金的方式使用，在州政府和地方政府出資後以相同的數額添加。

聯邦資金中的大約500億美元將作爲分類撥款，提供給州政府和地方政府，專門用於農村項目。大約200億美元將撥給“轉型項目”，即新項目和創新項目。

另外200億美元將用於擴大貸款項目和私營活動債券。剩餘的100億美元將作爲資本融資基金。

川普總統的基礎設施計劃還包括減少申請聯邦許可證所需的時間和費用，最長時間不超過兩年。目前一些聯邦許可的申請程序可長達10年。

川普總統星期一將會見包括相關國會委員會主席在內的的國會重要議員討論他的重整基礎設施計劃。